Jeremy Mincey and his best friend, recording artist J Dash, came up with those lyrics in Mincey's dorm room during his junior year of Florida. They set it to the tune of the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch."

There's a part of the song that even features Mincey, but that isn't the part he gave to stadium operations as an option to play during the game.

They had the chance against the Cincinnati Bengals. When Mincey made his first sack of the season, about 10 seconds of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Mince" played in the stadium.

It felt good for him to hear that, for more than one reason.

"I had to break the ice finally," Mincey said. "Hopefully they start coming. I feel like I try to focus on getting better each game. I got a long way to go. You can expect a lot more out of me hopefully in the future. We're still alive, breathing, the world's not ending. That's my goal. I plan on having a big year."

Mincey isn't mean, but the Jaguars defensive end takes on that persona on the field where his job is to knock down quarterbacks.

He'd been close often until Sunday.

Although the Jaguars have struggled to a 1-4 record, the defense clearly has improved.

Mincey has been a bright spot and had one of his best games Sunday against the Bengals.

He had a sack, four quarterback hurries and five tackles - one for a loss.

"[He] played his best game probably this year," Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. "He's playing the run and the pass. I think he got his first recorded sack, even though he's been draped on the quarterback a lot this year. And [he] played the run very well, did a nice job setting a vertical edge for us and making some tackles, making some plays."

This has been a good year for Mincey on many fronts. He also became the father of a girl named Jermani recently.

With an unyielding work ethic, Mincey won the starting job over Derrick Harvey midway through last season. Then, even after the Jaguars signed defensive end Matt Roth, Mincey had a chance to stay on as a starter with Aaron Kampman unable to play so far.

It's possible Mincey will remain as a starter once Kampman returns. The Jaguars are hoping that will be this week.

Depth has been strong at defensive end for the Jaguars, who have had production from all their defensive ends, even late addition John Chick. They've had four sacks so far and been close even more than that. Their pressure harried Carolina quarterback Cam Newton in Week 3.

And even better this season, Mincey has been healthy, as injuries hampered his career early on.

"Everything's starting to fall in line," Mincey said. "I think I gotta play a little harder. I still feel like there's a lot I left out there. Just got to focus on getting better each week.

"It's more to come. I'm 27, young, still got a lot of football to learn. I've got a long way to go."

He helped write "You're a Mean One, Mr. Mince," but this offseason another songwriter approached Mincey with a song he created about Mincey's play. It was called "Knock, Knock Mr. Mincey."

Knock knock

Who is it?

It's me Mincey.

Better be with me cause it's trouble if you're against me.

Stopping you relentlessly

Focused intensely

To get to you a 20-man line couldn't prevent me.

This one's a little raspy and aggressive - a vocal rendition of what Mincey strives for on the field.